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The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) Competitors

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$189.58 +2.46 (+1.31%)
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PNC vs. FITB, HBAN, CFG, FNB, MTB, RF, TFC, USB, FCNCA, and KEY

Should you be buying The PNC Financial Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The PNC Financial Services Group include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), F.N.B. (FNB), M&T Bank (MTB), Regions Financial (RF), Truist Financial (TFC), U.S. Bancorp (USB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), and KeyCorp (KEY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

The PNC Financial Services Group vs. Its Competitors

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) and The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 18.33% compared to Fifth Third Bancorp's net margin of 17.97%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.31% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fifth Third Bancorp17.97% 13.31% 1.15%
The PNC Financial Services Group 18.33%11.07%1.11%

83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and The PNC Financial Services Group has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 25 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 17 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat The PNC Financial Services Group's score of 1.52 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fifth Third Bancorp
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
The PNC Financial Services Group
35 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fifth Third Bancorp. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The PNC Financial Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.08$2.31B$3.2212.93
The PNC Financial Services Group$34.44B2.17$5.89B$14.6212.97

Fifth Third Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $47.80, indicating a potential upside of 14.79%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus price target of $214.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.97%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
The PNC Financial Services Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Summary

The PNC Financial Services Group beats Fifth Third Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PNC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PNC vs. The Competition

MetricThe PNC Financial Services GroupFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$73.69B$97.78B$12.21B$20.69B
Dividend Yield3.63%1.93%5.65%3.66%
P/E Ratio12.9717.2119.6328.44
Price / Sales2.175.7226.2756.02
Price / Cash11.9524.2821.2823.21
Price / Book1.293.552.114.33
Net Income$5.89B$6.24B$1.00B$996.14M
7 Day Performance2.05%2.65%1.27%1.98%
1 Month Performance-3.42%2.18%-0.02%-0.84%
1 Year Performance11.55%65.50%540.35%14.36%

The PNC Financial Services Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9793 of 5 stars
$189.58
+1.3%
$214.17
+13.0%
+11.4%$73.69B$34.44B12.9755,184News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9223 of 5 stars
$41.43
+1.3%
$47.80
+15.4%
+5.0%$27.65B$8.53B12.8718,616News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9815 of 5 stars
$16.27
+1.4%
$18.68
+14.8%
+19.3%$23.73B$7.69B12.0519,932Positive News
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.6557 of 5 stars
$47.57
+1.6%
$51.53
+8.3%
+18.9%$20.79B$12.36B14.4617,287Positive News
Analyst Revision
FNB
F.N.B.
4.4447 of 5 stars
$15.01
+1.0%
$18.64
+24.2%
+9.0%$5.40B$2.57B11.724,280Analyst Revision
MTB
M&T Bank
4.9608 of 5 stars
$188.28
+1.8%
$212.88
+13.1%
+15.5%$30.22B$13.45B12.1922,354News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
RF
Regions Financial
4.8978 of 5 stars
$25.19
+1.2%
$27.33
+8.5%
+19.7%$22.64B$9.37B11.7119,644Positive News
Insider Trade
TFC
Truist Financial
4.8905 of 5 stars
$43.43
+1.1%
$48.65
+12.0%
+2.4%$56.87B$20.03B11.8338,335
USB
U.S. Bancorp
4.9475 of 5 stars
$44.43
+1.1%
$52.55
+18.3%
+7.4%$69.22B$42.71B10.6370,263Positive News
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.9904 of 5 stars
$1,883.83
-1.5%
$2,291.17
+21.6%
-6.8%$25.04B$14.97B11.1217,475Positive News
KEY
KeyCorp
4.8919 of 5 stars
$17.83
+1.0%
$19.39
+8.8%
+21.1%$19.54B$4.94B-254.7116,753High Trading Volume

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